User talk:Stephanjanssen

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Speedy deletion nomination of Devoxx4kids


A tag has been placed on Devoxx4kids, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Acabashi (talk) 18:40, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Devoxx4kids


A tag has been placed on Devoxx4kids, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Bazj (talk) 15:41, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

October 2014
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Devoxx4kids. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Your comment on Talk:Devoxx4kids referring to our page shows clearly your intent in creating the page was to advertise. Bazj (talk) 16:43, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

What's wrong?
I think you picked the wrong role model, and I have now tagged the page you referred to as being promotional. Wikipedia doesn't allow advertising or promotion, or things that LOOK like advertising or promotion. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a directory, and articles must be written neutrally. Having a section titled Why Devoxx4Kids? is not encyclopaedic. Nor is saying 'we'. That implies that the article is BY the subject not ABOUT the subject. What you wrote would be fine on Facebook etc, or in a directory or profile host. It is totally unsuitable here. We insist on notabiity. I'm not quite sure whether Devoxx4kids counts as a company, a group or an event. You'd better read WP:CORP, WP:GROUP and WP:EVENT, and also, whichever is appropriate, WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove the notability. I would suggest rather strongly that you read WP:COI about conflict - editing about subjects you are very close to. Oh, and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS which explains that because one article exists, it doesn't follow that another should. Some things slip through, or changes might not have been noticed yet. Please do not repost the same thing. Repeated posting of promotional material is not looked upon very kindly. Peridon (talk) 17:38, 7 October 2014 (UTC)